It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.

It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization.

The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of them.

There is always a secret irritation about a laugh in which we cannot join

The dog is guided by kindly instinct to the man or woman whose heart is open to his advances. The cat often leaves the friend who courts her, to honor, or to harass, the unfortunate mortal who shudders at her unwelcome caresses.

Every true American likes to think in terms of thousands and millions. The word 'million' is probably the most pleasure-giving vocable in the language.